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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ciprian N. Radavoi, Associate Professor in Law, University of Southern Queensland Eli Harold, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid of the San Francisco 49ers kneel ahead of a game in 2016. Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images It’s almost a decade since San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started ... <a title="Why have athletes stopped ‘taking a knee’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/why-have-athletes-stopped-taking-a-knee-259047/" aria-label="Read more about Why have athletes stopped ‘taking a knee’?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A new poll by the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union shows that almost half of respondents oppose the Cook Islands having automatic New Zealand citizenship. Thirty percent of the 1000-person sample supported Cook Islanders retaining citizenship, 46 percent were opposed and 24 percent were unsure. The question asked: The Cook ... <a title="Nearly half of Kiwis oppose automatic citizenship for Cook Islands, says poll" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/nearly-half-of-kiwis-oppose-automatic-citizenship-for-cook-islands-says-poll/" aria-label="Read more about Nearly half of Kiwis oppose automatic citizenship for Cook Islands, says poll">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the Middle East conflict was one of the discussions of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) in Suva this week — and Pacific leaders “took note of what is happening”. The Post-Courier reports Marape saying the “12 Day War” between Israel and Iran was based on ... <a title="Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/melanesian-spearhead-group-leaders-discuss-middle-east-conflict-before-ceasefire/" aria-label="Read more about Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Louis Le Brun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY Talk to anyone today, and they will probably have something to say about how expensive life has become. While the rate of inflation has ... <a title="The ancients also had to deal with a cost-of-living crisis. Here’s how they managed" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/the-ancients-also-had-to-deal-with-a-cost-of-living-crisis-heres-how-they-managed-257896/" aria-label="Read more about The ancients also had to deal with a cost-of-living crisis. Here’s how they managed">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe Toups Dugas, Associate Professor of Human-Centred Computing, Monash University Shano Liang There is a comfort in finding and being yourself. Video games offer opportunities for this comfort. They allow people to exist in safe spaces, to develop community, and to explore the self – as well ... <a title="Video games can help trans players feel seen and safe. It all starts with design" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/video-games-can-help-trans-players-feel-seen-and-safe-it-all-starts-with-design-257901/" aria-label="Read more about Video games can help trans players feel seen and safe. It all starts with design">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hassan Vally, Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University We all like to imagine we’re ageing well. Now a simple blood or saliva test promises to tell us by measuring our “biological age”. And then, as many have done, we can share how “young” we really are on social ... <a title="How old are you really? Are the latest ‘biological age’ tests all they’re cracked up to be?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/how-old-are-you-really-are-the-latest-biological-age-tests-all-theyre-cracked-up-to-be-257710/" aria-label="Read more about How old are you really? Are the latest ‘biological age’ tests all they’re cracked up to be?">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kylie Message, Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University At this time of year, many year 12 students are seriously turning their minds to the future. Should they go to university next year? If so, which one? June is ... <a title="Global rankings fuel hype, but students have more to consider when choosing a uni" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/global-rankings-fuel-hype-but-students-have-more-to-consider-when-choosing-a-uni-259443/" aria-label="Read more about Global rankings fuel hype, but students have more to consider when choosing a uni">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kevin Veale, Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, part of the Digital Cultures Laboratory in the School of Humanities, Media, and Creative Communication, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Deputy Prime Minister and ACT Party leader David Seymour says he is being “playful” and ... <a title="Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/playful-or-harmful-david-seymours-posts-raise-questions-about-whats-ok-to-say-online-259658/" aria-label="Read more about Playful or harmful? David Seymour’s posts raise questions about what’s OK to say online">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal opposition has accepted an invitation from Treasurer Jim Chalmers for shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien to attend the August economic roundtable. The acceptance contrasts with the position taken by former opposition leader Peter Dutton last term. He refused to ... <a title="Shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien accepts invitation to government’s economic roundtable" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/shadow-treasurer-ted-obrien-accepts-invitation-to-governments-economic-roundtable-259691/" aria-label="Read more about Shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien accepts invitation to government’s economic roundtable">Read more</a>
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June 25, 2025
Asia Pacific Report A Fiji-based advocacy group has condemned the participation of Indonesia in the Melanesian Spearhead Group which is meeting in Suva this week, saying it is a “profound disgrace” that the Indonesian Embassy continues to “operate freely” within the the MSG Secretariat. “This presence blatantly undermines the core principles of justice and solidarity ... <a title="Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/25/fiji-advocacy-group-slams-indonesian-role-in-msg-as-a-disgrace/" aria-label="Read more about Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ali Mamouri, Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University Amir Levy/Getty Images After 12 days of war, US President Donald Trump has announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran that would bring to an end the most dramatic, direct conflict between the two nations in decades. Israel ... <a title="Will the fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel hold? One factor could be crucial to it sticking" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/24/will-the-fragile-ceasefire-between-iran-and-israel-hold-one-factor-could-be-crucial-to-it-sticking-259669/" aria-label="Read more about Will the fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel hold? One factor could be crucial to it sticking">Read more</a>
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June 24, 2025
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud, editor of The Palestinian Chronicle The conflict between Israel and Iran over the past 12 days has redefined the regional chessboard. Here is a look at their key takeaways: Israel:Pulled in the US: Israel successfully drew the United States into a direct military confrontation with Iran, setting a significant precedent for ... <a title="Ramzy Baroud: The fallout – winners and losers from the Israeli war on Iran" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/06/24/ramzy-baroud-the-fallout-winners-and-losers-from-the-israeli-war-on-iran/" aria-label="Read more about Ramzy Baroud: The fallout – winners and losers from the Israeli war on Iran">Read more</a>
